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Honey-Impregnated Dressings Heal Wounds
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February 23, 2010
Honey was first used to aid healing 4,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, and now it's being used in dressings to promote wound healing.
Leptospermum honey, native to New Zealand and Australia, is a promising antimicrobial with wound-healing properties. The honey removes dead tissue from the wound area, stimulates new tissue growth and reduces scarring and pain levels without affecting the surrounding healthy tissue. Research also indicates medical-grade honey might be useful in the fight against antibiotic-resistant pathogens such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).
Derma Sciences, Inc., of Princeton N.J., has developed dressings impregnated with Leptospermum honey. MediHoney dressings promote an ideal healing environment. They can help manage lightly and heavily exuding wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis leg ulcers, arterial leg ulcers, leg ulcers of mixed etiology, pressure ulcers, first and second degree burns, donor sites and traumatic and surgical wounds. MediHoney dressings also protect against antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains.
"A specific quantity of MediHoney is equally effective in protecting against antibiotic-resistant and non-resistant strains alike," says Edward J. Quilty, chairman and chief executive officer of Derma Sciences. "This is unusual, since in most cases, a greater quantity of antibiotic or antimicrobial is necessary to protect against the former than the latter."
Research has also revealed that MediHoney does not induce resistance when applied in amounts too low to kill bacteria. For more information, visit: www.dermasciences.com
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